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iSHARES SP TSX COMP HIGH DIV INDEX ETFXEI.TOCOMMENTApr 13, 2015
John HoodStock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 19, 2026. Market Open.
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Likes some of these solid, large-cap dividend names. Interest rate environment's on pause, likely to fall, beneficial for dividend-type stocks. Excellent name.
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Tough place to be with rising interest rates. Yield is 5.2%. MER is 22 bps. Will rebound once interest rates start to calm down.
Stan WongLikes it for dividends. Lots of large-cap banks and pipelines. Defensive, fairly conservative. Names like TD, CNQ, RY, SU, ENB. Very good dividend yield of 5.1%. Banks are cheap right now, so potential for a pretty good move up. Once interest rates fall, the telcos in this particular ETF will perform well.
Stan Wong~4.9% dividend yield very safe (mostly defensive names).
Comprised of mainly infrastructure and utility names.
Conservative name to own for the long term.
Stan WongXEI pays a 4.89% dividend yield, trades at an 11x PE and a 0.91 beta. Volumes average 73,300 so daily trading can be a little choppy, but a dealbreaker. XEI charges only a 0.22% MER. If you’re skittish the banks and are an ESG investor, avoid XEI. All others, give this a look. Read Canadian dividend payers for our full analysis.
He likes XHU-T, VDY-T and XEI-T, which he owns. All include financials and pipelines.
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An ETF that would best weather interest rate increases? He would be looking at one of the low cost dividend ETF’s like iShares S&P/TSX Equity Income (XEI-T). This is about 20 basis points. In this interest rate environment, he has quite a bit of Money Market that he is sitting in, because he knows at some point rates are going to rise and you don’t want to be in any long-term bonds.